Faculty News

Professor William McGeveran, an expert in data privacy law, was quoted in Wired about the announcement of an FTC consent decree with the ride-sharing service Uber. It settles an FTC…

Professor Heidi Kitrosser was interviewed on WGN Radio's program, “Legal Face-Off.” The topic was the Trump Administration’s announced crackdown on leakers of classified information. Professor Kitrosser answered…

Karin Ciano of the Minnesota Lawyer interviewed Professor Brad Clary recently on the subject of legal writing, and particularly on the subject of writing paragraphs. As one might expect, Professor…

Professor Heidi Kitrosser's views were cited in a Los Angeles Times story entitled "Sessions Says Justice Department Will Boost Investigations of Leaks, May Pursue Reporters." The story…

Professor Francis Shen was quoted in an article in the Hastings Star Gazette reporting on disparities in police calls to Walmart and to Target. The newspaper’s report found a nearly 4-1 ratio of police…

Law360 has summarized a study by Professor Herbert Kritzer and two collaborators that was recently posted on SSRN. The study shows that decisional patterns by federal district judges have becoming…

A story in PaRR (Policy and Regulatory Report) about a private antitrust suit against Amazon Services quotes Professor Tom Cotter for his take on the difficulties facing the plaintiff, a store alleging that…

Professor William McGeveran was quoted extensively in an article on Mic.com concerning recent controversial requests that states supply voter data to the federal Pence-Kobach Commission investigating alleged…

Professor Tom Cotter discussed the rules for proving the offense of monopolization under U.S. antitrust law for a WCCO News segment titled “Good Question: Is Amazon Getting Too Big?” Prof. Cotter noted that,…

Professor Susanna Blumenthal wrote a commentary for the Washington Post about the case of William Morva on the day set for his execution by the state of Virginia, pointing to the troubling…

Professor Tom Cotter’s blog, “Comparative Patent Remedies,” was recently listed on Feedspot’s list of Top 100 I.P. Blogs. According to Feedspot,…

Prof. Murray presented at the 26th Annual Federal Sentencing Conference, organized for practitioners by the FBA, the ABA, and the NACDL. Her topic was “Using Social Science at Sentencing,” and, together with Laura…